Velocity syntax for conditional statement with two or more conditions

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voltmer1

24 Aug, 2016 03:25 PM

Hello,
I thought this would be simple, but I am trying to check for multiple conditions on an "if" statement in Velocity using the code below, it's not acknowledging the second condition.

  #set( $second_level_index_page_title = $second_level_index_page.getChild('system-data-structure').getChild('header').getChild('title').value )
                                #set( $second_level_index_page_path = $second_level_index_page.getChild('path').value )
                                #set( $courseCatalog = $second_level_index_page.getChild('name').value.contains('course-catalog') )
                                #if( $second_level_index_page_title != '' )
                                    <li>
                                        <a class="nav-primary-opener" href="$second_level_index_page_path">${_EscapeTool.xml($second_level_index_page_title)}
                                            <span class="nav-primary-opener-icon">
                                                <span class="icon-plus">
                                                    <span class="hide-for-screen-reader">Open</span>
                                                </span>
                                                <span class="icon-minus">
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                                                </span>
                                            </span>
                                        </a>
                                        <div class="nav-primary-block">
                                            <ul class="nav-primary-third-level">
                                                #if( ($second_level_index_page_title != '') && (!$courseCatalog) )
                                                    <li>
                                                        <a href="$second_level_index_page_path">More about ${_EscapeTool.xml($second_level_index_page_title)}</a>
                                                    </li>
                                                #end
Is my variable $courseCatalog correct calling the method of contains('course-catalog') from "value"?
  1. 1 Posted by voltmer1 on 24 Aug, 2016 04:18 PM

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    Well, I still need help after all. My question still stands. Thanks!

  2. 2 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 25 Aug, 2016 12:25 PM

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    Hi,

    Your conditional statement appears to be correct, so it's most likely something with either variable. Try outputting each to see what their value is.

    Also, I wanted to note that you already have that entire markup surrounded with a check to see if the title is not empty, so you can technically drop that portion of the conditional.

    Please let me know if you have any questions.

    Thanks!

  3. 3 Posted by voltmer1 on 25 Aug, 2016 12:28 PM

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    Thanks Ryan! That was it. The variable wasn't outputting the value I was expecting. You can close this ticket. Thanks again!

  4. 4 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 25 Aug, 2016 12:50 PM

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    Not a problem at all. I am glad to hear I was able to help point you in the right direction.

    I'm going to go ahead and close this discussion, please feel free to comment or reply to re-open if you have any additional questions.

    Have a great day!

  5. Ryan Griffith closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2016 12:50 PM.

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